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Devastated vulture populations in India, Nepal and Pakistan are being pulled back from the brink of extinction thanks to an artificial breeding programme agreeably assisted by a 3d-printed egg packed with diminutive Microduino microprocessor kit. The egg's skeleton and contents According to Microduino, the International …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Pretty cool use of tech

    This is a good example of tech being used positively for real world impact (even if on the small scale sounding side).

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    1. Little Mouse
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      Re: Pretty cool use of tech

      In total agreement with you there.

      And, as an added bonus, it makes for a NON-boring 3D-printer-related article, as opposed to the usual kind.

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  2. theOtherJT Silver badge

    Diclofenac

    Also an anti-inflammatory drug for people.

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    1. Evil Auditor Silver badge
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      Re: Diclofenac

      Only a problem if vultures feed on treated people.

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      1. theOtherJT Silver badge
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        Re: Diclofenac

        Well, that depends how many of them have been making feature requests for "One more tiny thing" after we were supposed to be at release candidate state...

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      2. pdh
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        Re: Diclofenac

        It can end up in wastewater too -- our kidneys don't filter it all out.

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    2. Wupspups
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      Re: Diclofenac

      And its side effects are not to nice in humans. I lasted about a day on it after a knee op. Throwing up and diarrhoea simultaneously are not fun

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      1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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        Re: Diclofenac

        >Throwing up and diarrhoea simultaneously are not fun

        Especially if you are a vulture

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        1. Evil Auditor Silver badge
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          Re: Diclofenac

          >>Throwing up and diarrhoea simultaneously are not fun

          >Especially if you are a vulture

          Especially if you are underneath a vulture which has it

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    3. Buiatra
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      Re: Diclofenac

      And still allowed for use in cattle in Spain (I don´t know in the rest of Europe) which is something I can´t understand with the clear scientific evidences of its effects on vultures. It´s true most dead cattle are taken for incineration (done after mad cow disease outbreak) but in mountains, sometimes is imposible to do it. And now we´ve got new rules about leaving dead cattle in the countryside for feeding vultures.

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  3. Herby
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    Any of these eggs...

    At Vulture central?

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